Dr Duke Oeba hold BSc (Education), MSc (Electronics) and PhD (Physics) from Egerton University, Kenyatta University and University of South Africa, respectively. Dr Oeba is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Physics, Egerton University. His research is dedicated to investigating the properties of novel materials for applications in next-generation renewable energy, net-zero carbon footprints, climate change adaptation, and mitigation. Dr Oeba has authored multiple scholarly articles in his field of expertise, and presented at several international conferences/ workshops and won awards and research grants.

Beyond academia, Dr Oeba is the co-founder and Executive Director of a UV-LED water project aimed at assisting marginalized communities. Additionally, he serves as the Principal Investigator for a UNESCO-TWAS funded project exploring novel materials for renewable energy applications.

Dr Oeba is the distinguished overall winner of the 1st SEGATE-COMPASS AI/ML Challenge Competition (2024) organized by SEGATE Technologies and the University of Michigan. By winning this challenge, he was awarded cash money and consequently appoint Research Scholar at the University of Michigan. Dr Oeba is a (i) PI of the Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI) from UNESCO-TWAS (2023-2025) (ii) co-PI of the Alliance International Grant (ALLRP) by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2024-2025), (iii) a PI of  (Per Month per Visit) Center for Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS), University of Michigan (2024-2025), (iv) co-PI of the COMPASS Junior Scientists Board research challenge (2024-2025) and (v) was previously supported by a scholarship from the National Research Foundation of South Africa (2018-2021).

Dr Oeba has many leadership responsibilities at the departmental and institutional levels. He is the Chairman of the Departmental Postgraduate Committee, Vice Chairman of the Curriculum Review Committee for Bachelor of Science Physics Programmes, Faculty Committee Member, Board of Postgraduate Studies, IEEE P2520.1 Working Group Member, Co-Guest Editor in Special Issue in International Journals of Thin Film Science and Technology and Quality and Standard Faculty Board Member., Egerton University.